Stupid stupid politicians

This post was going to be a very objective analysis but degenerated into a rant.
I was going to post about Telangana-related law and order problems in Hyderabad and how the students ofOsmania University are being taken advantage of by nasty, selfish politicians, but I wanted to wait to see what happens. And what happened? Madam agreed to the [...]

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Hope for India

I am happy today. Happy that divisive politics has been voted out and hope and intellect are in. I am looking forward to what kind of ministers will be included in the cabinet. I am excited that Rahul Gandhi is working his way up from the grassroots rather than land the top job. I am [...]

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Election noises.

UPDATE: An anonymous reader pointed out that Shashi Tharoor never officially represented India at the UN and he is right. I am changing the text here to reflect that.
Election day is almost here and from tomorrow the mad voices of the politicians will be silent until the next election comes along.
Keeping with the times, I [...]

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Followup post – Narendra Modi and India

First, apologies for the delay in posting. I was reading about Modi all this while, and had a mini draft post ready almost a week back, but life has a habit of getting in the way! I have been busy with things going on at work, an exam to take etc.
This is the first followup [...]

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Food for thought

We were talking about a few social, political issues and a lot of interesting points came to light. I am writing them as bullet points for now, but in the coming days I want to research each topic and expound upon it.
Politics:
-A lot of educated Indians like the idea of Modi being the PM in [...]

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Say no to…

Sanjay Dutt and his two-bit wife have managed to create a never before seen furor in the blogosphere. I have been reading quite a few bloggers posting consistently about his atrocious comments about married women, respect etc and was wondering if I should post about this. Today I am moved to do so. A sort [...]

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Tears……of joy or sorrow!

Last night there were tears. Tears of joy when Obama(Sorry, President elect Obama) won! People were happy ofcourse, they were on cloud nine. But they were crying. Why do we cry tears of joy? When I saw them crying and heard the speech at midnight, I could not contain myself either. I was crying tears [...]

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It’s the Economy, Stupid!

This was a phrase used by James Carville, who was advising Bill Clinton during the 1992 presidential campaign. Well, in 2008, “It’s the Economy, Stupid”! And I want to say that to both the campaigns, although I want to give credit to Obama for consistently keeping the focus on the economy until this week. As [...]

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Cutting Obama’s N$#@ off!

I am sure there is no one left who has not heard/seen/read what the “reverend” Jesse Jackson had to say about Obama when he thought the microphone was off. Seeing that, three things came to my mind:
1. Jackson says sorry and says he said those things thinking the mic was off – what does that [...]

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